So today is Elisa's birthday. She's....well the same age as I am. I'm 59. She's been a great life long partner and next year it will be our fortieth anniversary. Anyway, I just wanted to publicly recognize her birthday. So today, in celebration of her birthday, I went out with Bogus Jim and bought myself some orange kool aid!! Yep, 2008 200 xcw. It has a few farkles, weighted flywheel, new pipe with carbon fiber protector, radiator guards, new tires, heavy duty disc rotor guards, some new plastic, new chain & 53T sprocket, numerous other sprockets, and brush guards. It's set up for a nice woods bike. I need to get it re-sprung for me, and Jimbo has all those parts! Should be ready to go soon. :) Oh yea, Happy Birthday dear.
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That's a beaut! Nice find. I just went through mine top to bottom including power valve dismantling and cleaning and a fresh top end.. so let me know if you need some info or good links. Not that I'm an expert, but I know enough to be dangerous!
And tell Elisa happy birthday. That was nice of you to get that for her.
That turned out to be kind of an expensive breakfast, Dave. ;D
I think you'll enjoy it, I can't imagine a better woods bike than a two-stroke. And you got it for a KDX price.
looks like a hoot. Sweet!
Tell Elisa Happy B'day for us.
So does this mean I'll get less guff riding a 2 smoker now? Its nice to see a few of you guys coming around. :)
Ring a ding ding ding ding...... brap brap
Looks like LD is going to be leading the single track shenanigans at the spring rally!
Nice bike! Is she plated ¿
Quote from: tannerc on May 21, 2015, 07:35:11 PM
Looks like LD is going to be leading the single track shenanigans at the spring rally!
Nice bike! Is she plated ¿
You young guys always trying to get us old guys in trouble.
Yea, nice bike :o thanks, but Gage's bill when he's done with it tomorrow is not going to be pretty.
Plated..........Interesting you should ask that. Just today I took the title in for transfer. If you didn't know, the sales tax went up. Damn. And yes to answer your question, the license plates price went up 20 percent. So now I have a street legal xcw and no place to put the plate.
Now I have to buy another gas can, then I have to mix the crap too. What a pain.
But it still only weighs 200 pounds.
What did Gage have to do to it?
Suspension I'm guessing.......................
Suspension first, at least Jim gave me springs. Broken/cracked throttle housing, new air filter/spare, case guard (moose), clutch master cyl. leaking, front brake squishy - front master cyl., new grips, expensive 2 smoke oil, and gas can! I'm sure there's more. And I still need a steering dampener.
I want a dampener for mine too, but don't want to pony up the dough. I might just add the mount and move the damper back and forth between bikes.. it's only 2 bolts.
Its not that uncommon for the front brakes to get squishy on that era/age of KTM either, usually after sitting over the winter or for an extended period. Usually all you need to do is push the caliper piston all the way back in, tap the line a little and its good to go. Some times just bungee cording the brake lever to the bar and turning the bar so the MC is at the highest point for a couple hours will do it..
Quote from: Lonesome Dave on May 21, 2015, 09:06:52 PM
You young guys always trying to get us old guys in trouble.
But it still only weighs 200 pounds.
Well I wouldn't think you are going to all this work on a 200lb bike to ride forest roads! ;)
Quote from: Hank on May 22, 2015, 07:54:46 AM
I might just add the mount and move the damper back and forth between bikes.. it's only 2 bolts.
Thats what I was thinking about doing, Buying the extra mounts and swapping back and forth until a guy could score a cheap used unit or two.
You could save a lot by doing the maintenance items yourself... it's an easy bike to work on. Swapping shock/fork springs is 30 minutes once somebody shows you how to do the forks.
I think I would ride it without a damper for awhile, the steering is not as twitchy as your WRR.
As far as new hand grips, new air filter, gas can, oil,..well would be nice if PO included those items when selling but most don't.
Yes, very easy to work on. Even a top end job is super simple (and cheap - $113 for a complete Wiseco kit).
I think KTM dirtbikes in general are super easy to work on, especially after coming from the WR450. Valve checks can be done 15 or 20 minutes on my 400.
First ride impressions.
I picked it up from Gage today. The rear shock threads were galled up. Jimbo's springs seemed do be spot on and Gage got the different sags just right. The front brake certainly works. I mean its now a one finger brake. :o And yes it will do a "stoppy," not with me (at least not intentionally) but Gage did it. Clutch doesn't leak anymore. Found dirt in the carb tube. Gage said on this bike its easy not to get the air filter sealed and you need to check with you finger all the way around it. The a/f cage was also deformed. Therefore, some dirt has gotten past the filter and you know the rest of the story. He said not to worry, 2 smokes will take a beating, but maybe next winter take the top off. Also found real dirty oil in the case. Going to ride it and change it a couple of times. Enough about that.
How'd it ride?
Very nimble, but in the dirt the damn thing is always in a hurry and hard to hold onto! But I'll get use to that. ;) I don't know yet if the speedo is set right, but 50 - 55 is about it on gravel or asphalt. There's certainly more there, but that was all I was willing to listen too. I only went for a short ride towards Dalton Lake and back home. I actually was in 6th gear most of the time. :o I eventually realized it wasn't because I'm some super rider, it was just easier to hang on to it, and it didn't make so much damn noise. Yes, I like it, but I'm not tossing the WRR to the curb. The WR rides much smoother or softer. I don't know much about this, but I think the compression is set too high. Front seemed okay, just the back was harsh. I'll admit the WR can bottom out on compression dips if I'm not standing. Maybe it's too soft? One more thing, didn't realize until today how much a steering damper does until you don't have one. I don't know if it was mind game, but there were different times I fought the bars or at least thought I did.
What it needs; I think Jimbo has it right. Slavens Racing has a rubber mounted Scott's damper that raises the bar and cuts down on vibration. http://slavensracing.com/shop/rubber-mounted-sub-mount-scotts-damper-kit-for-ktm-by-brp/ And a set of Fastway F5 footpegs. Pegs lower your feet about 1/2 to 3/4 inch and the bar gets raised. I found myself uncomfortable kind of leaning over when I was standing. Short story, all's it takes is money and she'll be perfect. LD
Glad you like it so far Dave. I have a 14T front sprocket if you want to try different gearing, but once you get off the fire roads the stock gearing might be better.
One other thing, you shouldn't have to worry about this bike eating chain sliders... ;D
Duffer invited me out to the Appleton OHV area today so I finally got to get some "real" use on my 200. I like it really well. With it running nice and clean on the bottom and with the fly wheel weight, its got plenty of low end for me, and a nice little kick on top. Feels light as a feather and handles real nice. If I had one complaint its that the fork feels a bit harsh, but I will tweak the damping a bit.
After riding with a Rekluse for over a year I thought I might have some trouble re-adapting, but for whatever reason I feel like I'm less likely to stall this than I was my 400. The clutch is really light and smooth, which helps I'm sure. I'm anxious to get it into some tight single track.